Regular City Council Meeting July 18, 2023

0:00:05Mayor, we're ready to begin when you want. Okay.

0:00:10The July eighteenth 2023 regular city council meeting is called to order at. 601 pM Madam Clerk or Madam.

0:00:23Assistance City Manager, please call. Mayor Motoyama here. Mayor of Protem Redneck.

0:00:31Councilmember Pedeli. Council member. Council member Weissinker who is joining us remotely.

0:00:44And before I take, a first item, is there any announcements? 4. Our listeners or audience.

0:00:54Yes, Mayor. Unfortunately tonight, Civic Clerk is down, which is our system that provides a live feed.

0:01:03But the meeting is still accessible via Zoom and via Comcast. Thank you. Hanging.

0:01:14So the first item on the agenda is consider and take action on any request from a council member to participate in the meeting remotely due to emergency circumstances pursuant to AB 2 4 4 9.

0:01:30Thank you, Mayor. We do not have any requests at this time tonight. Councilmember Weissinger is participating under the teleconferencing requirements under the Brown Act.

0:01:40Thank you. Next, please join me in the pledge of allegiance or a moment of silence.

0:01:50I.

0:01:53The United States of America. And to the Republic.

0:01:58Dangerous.

0:02:02Goodbye.

0:02:07The next item on the agenda is teleconference and public comment instructions. Thank you, Mayor. This hybrid meeting provides an option to provide in-person or to participate in-person or via Zoom.

0:02:21Remote participants are asked to keep microphones muted when not speaking. If you are in person and logged into Zoom, please ensure that your device audio and Zoom audio are muted to avoid any feedback.

0:02:33Close captioning, captions are are available by participating in the native Bia Zoom. For members of the public who wish to provide oral testimony, the mayor will announce the time for public comment on each applicable item.

0:02:45In-person requests will be heard first followed by the remote request to speak. In person requests can be submitted to the city clerk by completing a speaker card.

0:02:56Remote requests can be made by selecting the hand icon and phone requests can be made by dialing star 9.

0:03:03Instructions are provided on the meeting agenda and will be displayed during each period of public comment. Meeting at the city count, meeting of the city council is our meetings with the city council, excuse me, are subject to the Brown Act and are held for the purpose of conducting city business.

0:03:15The adopted rules of order and procedures specified that public speakers address the city council in an orderly and respectful manner.

0:03:26Perceive their comments with their name, City of Residence, and be respectful of all time limits.

0:03:28Policy prohibits yielding time for one speaker to another. With that said, that concludes my comments.

0:03:37Thank you, Mayor. The next item of the agenda is council staff communications. Amanda Pincus, do we have any staff communications?

0:03:45Yes we do and first I am very excited to introduce to the City Council and to our community, the city's new finance director, Crystal Raines, Crystal, there she is.

0:03:58Crystal brings plenty of experience and knowledge here to El Carito having worked over 17 years in governmental and nonprofit accounting and financial reporting in both California and Washington state.

0:04:09Prior to joining El Carito, Crystal served as the county manager for the city of Bacaville.

0:04:14She directly supervised teams and accounting accounts payable purchasing and she also oversaw all aspects of the annual audit single audit and the in-house preparation of the city's annual comprehensive financial report and the city's popular annual financial report.

0:04:23Under Crystal's leadership, the city regularly received the GFOA certificate of achievement and excellence in financial reporting and the PFR, the popular annual financial report award.

0:04:40Prior to the city of Bacaville, Crystal held a senior accountant position in the city of Vallejo where she served as the team lead for payroll and accounts payable.

0:04:49She started in local government in the city of Tacoma, Washington, working her way up from an intern to a financial analyst in various finance positions.

0:04:52Her experience at all levels of a finance department will be helpful as she builds her team here in El Carito.

0:05:02Crystal holds a Bachelor of Accounting from Cameron University in Oklahoma and has successfully passed all sections of the California Board of Accountancy Uniform CPA exams.

0:05:12She started on Monday and we are absolutely thrilled to have her awards. I hope everyone joins me in welcoming Crystal to El Salvador.

0:05:19Welcome Crystal. We're glad to have you. Welcome aboard. Second, I'd like to invite our public works director, Evette Ortiz, to give a quick update on one of the biggest things to happen in solid waste here in many years.

0:05:28The rollout of our new garbage and recycling bins.

0:05:37Good evening Major, Councillor, I Annie Betterpiece, the City's Public Works Director.

0:05:42Yes, so we are well started last Monday and the contractor is about 80% complete to delivering the residential carts.

0:05:51To the residential customers and should be mostly done by the end of this week. Next week the contractor will focus on the multi-family and commercial customers and mop, mop-up issues from the residential rollouts.

0:06:04As you may have heard, there's been some hiccups in the operations and we apologize to the public for any in comedian the residents have experienced.

0:06:13So for now, the residents should, if they have 2 sets of as both old and new carts, they can begin using the new cards and leave their own cards at the curb for mineral by the contractor in the next few days.

0:06:29Good news is that by the end of this month we will be compliance with the SP. 13 eighty-free requirements for on-state statewide standardized heart colors.

0:06:38Mark Bagoni of East Bay Sanitary who is the project manager for the card swap is here if you have any specific questions.

0:06:46But the public can also call the space sanitary at 500, and, 1, 2, 3, 7, 4, 3, 2, one, or via email at info at.

0:06:56EBSA n.com if they have specific questions about their cards. So thank you. Thank you.

0:07:06Have any further updates? Sorry, last but not least, I'd like to invite everyone to check out the newest showing in the City Hall gallery space upstairs.

0:07:13The Arts and Culture Commission is happy to present art from the 2,022, 2,023, El Carito creative reuse artist Steve's Wech.

0:07:25For those of you who are not familiar, Steve is our current artist in residence at the Recycling Center and makes art from recycled materials.

0:07:32There will be a reception on Friday, August 20 fifth from 6 to 7 30 pm where we will serve snacks and refreshments.

0:07:40And the artwork will show in the gallery through December, the fifteenth of this year. So I invite everyone to check that out.

0:07:42And with that, Your Honor, that concludes my remarks. Thank you. Are there any announcements from any of the council members?

0:07:54Councilman Pinto. Thank you Mayor. I was in Newport Page for the Board of Directors for the Lee of California Cities and I was appointed to be second vice-president representing the state of California and all the cities in California.

0:08:13So that's all 482. The number one thing that I want to work on after September is to work on the business roundtable initiative that will be in the November ballot for next year.

0:08:24And that would ruin cities. It would ruin school districts. It would ruin utilities. And this is coming from many of our corporations who refuse to work with government and they're not and the US chambers of commerce are part of this as well.

0:08:51So I look forward to working with labor, all of labor here, and up and down the state of California and our local elected officials along with labor building and trades, say fire.

0:09:05This is something that we need to, to, working with my counsel here and city manager Karen Pincas and, and with Labor as well to the So, I look forward to, work my, self up the ranks and in 2026 I'll be the first Elsa Renton to be

0:09:27president of the League of California cities. It's our whole organization. It's been around for a hundred 25 years.

0:09:34So. You know, we made some heavy lifts the last 3 years in working on equity and inclusion and making sure that we stay relevant as checks and balances in Sacramento working with public safety.

0:09:48You're looking at what our assembly members and senators are doing in California with one party bull and I look forward to building bridges to make sure that they listen to what cities are asking for because right now they're not and it's a not a one size fits all and we need they need to work with us and they're not for the most

0:10:16part. So, that's, my, promise and what I plan to do to and as a fool to do things like that thing.

0:10:25Any further announcements? Councilmember, yes I was. Glad to see what a great July fourth this city had.

0:10:34It was a great celebration and I think it's safe to say that we truly have a community-sponsored event now.

0:10:40And that it will live on in that capacity going forward. So congratulations to all the sponsors, the donators, the public that came.

0:10:49It was a great event I'm hearing. It was the largest room we ever had. So thank you for that.

0:10:53Also just at the event, a few people ask me about my My public hours that I have where I sit down and talk to folks and I have changed those hours from the first Thursday of each month to the first Monday.

0:11:06From 10 to noon at the, annexe on San Pablo happening. Thank you.

0:11:13Councilmember Weissinger, do you have any announcements?

0:11:17I just have a couple. First I'd like to, repeat what Councilmember Fleet said and to say thank you for such a wonderful Fourth of July event.

0:11:22It was really fun. I could tell people were really enjoying themselves. It was so informative with all the volunteer boosts and staff having information for people and I think it was just, just an embodiment of all the good things about El Salvador.

0:11:45So thank you especially to all the staff that worked the event and made that happen.

0:11:51So just a couple of announcements. The East Bay Economic Development Alliance for which I'm on the executive board is holding a meet the innovators event in Richmond on July nineteenth highlighting innovative businesses and organizations.

0:12:09And, the Caltrans Bay Area Bike Update Survey is ongoing.

0:12:10So please, give your, please respond to that survey so that they have a full understanding of our needs and El Streto and just use keywords.

0:12:24Hal Trans Bay Area bike update.

0:12:27Okay, the next item is oral communications from the public. Now it's a time for members of the public who wish to provide public comments regarding matters not on the agenda.

0:12:37Consent items and presentation items. In person speakers can submit a speaker card to the city clerk and remote speakers should use the raise hand feature to request to speak.

0:12:47Please remember to identify yourself and your city of residents at the beginning of your comments.

0:12:54Thank you, Madam Mayor. Before we give an opportunity for those joining us online to raise their hands to speak, I'll quickly announce that we did receive ranked public comment on items not on tonight's agenda from Bridget Coonerty on behalf of the Committee on Aging, Cordel.

0:13:11Himmler and Henry and Diane Brenner by The Advanced Deadline. Those comments were posted online with supplemental materials and provided directly to the City Council this afternoon.

0:13:22At this time, I have 2 requests to speak in person. We will go ahead and call those names.

0:13:23Now before we go to our online speakers. The first speaker is Buddy Easech, followed by Diane Brenner.

0:13:47Good evening, my dear friends. I'm buddy activists. Live it at Hunter Gardens for the last 5 years.

0:13:55And, just a few things that I've jotted down that I. One or 2.

0:14:02Communicate with you about. Somewhere along the line I heard that somebody could loaded a rumor or said that there All those seniors, they just wanna sit.

0:14:10There's leisure. They wanna place it. No. Let me strike that one down here and now.

0:14:21The senior community is active. We are activists and you come to a senior center meeting. You have the Why are in front of you now?

0:14:30Any Tuesday, any Monday, we have these. Senior Center days because we don't have an official Else Rideau senior center yet.

0:14:40We don't sit. We're not hanging out. We're not lazy. We are active.

0:14:46So that thing about seniors sit is a false rumor. I strike that down.

0:14:53Jed, II like that Jedi, justice equity. The diversity and inclusion. I'm into it.

0:15:03Of Else Rideau, California, you have my support, but my favorite part of it.

0:15:09The last 2. Diversity and collusion, those are my favorites.

0:15:18So you come to the senior center days that we do and you're gonna see a lot of diversity.

0:15:24And we include it. We embrace it.

0:15:29In the committee on aging. There's a guy there that referred to me as, that I could see.

0:15:37She's a dreamer.

0:15:40As charged and one of the dreams that I have is Marshals is moving to The house read or plan, sir?

0:15:49You know that big blue sign right there. You got the donut time. The big blue side, imagine if that big blue sign didn't say marshals anymore.

0:15:59And said the new. How's the Rita Senior Center?

0:16:05Well, yeah, yeah, sounds good. You, but you can't do that. There's all these details and stuff.

0:16:11I'm not a detailed guy. I'm a dreamer.

0:16:17So, let me wrap it up with, But if I refer to the city of Els Rio, California as a progressive community with a lot of diversity and inclusion.

0:16:30I don't think I'm gonna get any disagreement here.

0:16:35But the one thing I'd like to point out what what has come up for me is Diversity.

0:16:43And inclusion is not just ethnicity and lifestyle. You got a political, socioeconomic community is full of intellectual and philosophical diversity.

0:16:53Thank you. And one last thing very quickly in the diverse community that we live in, somebody says something that you don't agree with.

0:17:05DTIP. Don't take it personal.

0:17:11Thank you.

0:17:18Madam Mayor at this time we do not have any online speakers. Okay. I'm sorry. We have one speaker in the house here.

0:17:30Diane Brenner.

0:17:36Do you think? Yes, you could thought of a speaker card.

0:17:45Okay, thank you Mayor and City Council. I'm Diane Brenner and Elsa Rita resident.

0:17:50I would like to speak to you tonight about a topic that I first brought to you over 3 years ago.

0:17:56Undergrounding public utilities using rule of the rule 20 a program that PG and E administers for those of you who may not be familiar, Rule 20 A.

0:18:07Is a statewide program whereby PG and E collects funds from each rate payer on each bill specifically and only for use in El Serido for undergrounding utilities.

0:18:21The funds collected from Els Rideau are only to be used in Elsorida unless you fail to act.

0:18:28In order to start a project using these funds, the city of El Salvador needs to initiate a request to PG and E.

0:18:35The last time, Al Sorida completed a project under this program. As approximately 20 years ago. And for the last 20 years we've continued to pay into this fund, growing the balance of available funds without taking any projects.

0:18:50Today the balance available to us is approximately 3 million dollars and this program is set to expire in 10 years.

0:18:59That's enough time for El Salvador to initiate a project request and get the project completed.

0:19:05So that our 3 million dollars is not wasted or diverted to some other priority of PG and E's.

0:19:12We know that due to a lack of participation in this program so far, PG and E has already asked you for permission to divert our funds to some other purpose of their choosing.

0:19:22Please don't let that happen. 3 million dollars can underground approximately one mile of utilities and that's actually quite significant and done strategically it could make a huge difference in improving the safety of emergency evacuation from the eastern side of town.

0:19:39Where an earthquake or wildfire From Wildcat Canyon, we'll send thousands of people trying to evacuate on Arlington Boulevard.

0:19:47Please don't let our 3 million plus any future revenue for maybe the next 10 years go to waste.

0:19:55Please initiate an undergrounding project and do it for an area that will enhance public safety and disaster evacuation.

0:20:02Thank you.

0:20:07Do you have any other requests to speak from the audience?

0:20:15A lot of Okay. Okay.

0:20:30Good evening and thank you for Let me be here. So I prepared some. A statement. Which I'm going to read.

0:20:39My name is Mariela Marina Murray and I live here in El Salvador. I am here to request you consider changing our noise ordinance to make it more specific so that the code enforcement officer and the police department have a clear path to enforce it.

0:20:59As it is right now, it is very general and nonspecific. And does not have a clearly defined path of action and consequences leaving citizens to the mercy of repeat violators.

0:21:14As it is, my family and my subsequent tenants have had to endure the noise from heavy power tools.

0:21:21Tools usage, banging at all hours of the evening, night and early hours of the morning. It is, it's like living next to a 24 h construction site or 20 four-hour commercial operation.

0:21:35Complaints have been filed with the city. And may have been addressed by the code enforcement officer to no avail as the behavior continues.

0:21:46Harming my family first and now my tenant.

0:21:51If there has been written communication with the tenants of the house in question, with the city or the police department, my tenants and I as the aggrieved parties have received no follow-up communications from either the city or the police department for a plan of action.

0:22:13If the noise continues as it has. I kindly ask you to address the issue wholly completely so that My current tenant can have can enjoy can have quiet enjoyment of the property.

0:22:25That they choose to live in. That's it. Thank you.

0:22:34Madam Mayor, we do not have any requests to speak online with that said that concludes our total request to speak.

0:22:40Thank you.

0:22:43The next item is. Presentations.

0:22:51We have our presentation, please.

0:22:56Madam Mayor, could you read the title? Oh. I'm sorry. It wasn't in the scripts.

0:23:02The presentation is summer. 2023 I 80 pavement rehabilitation project. Can we please have the presentation?

0:23:18Good evening Mayor, Councilmembers. My name is I'm the Cal Trans project manager for the I 80 pavement rehabilitation project.

0:23:28And with me tonight, I have Andrew Bashar from our construction group. And Barton A from our external affairs.

0:23:36And, we're happy to be here tonight to explain more about our project and in particular the upcoming full freeway closures, the first of which starts this Friday, Friday night.

0:23:47Next slide.

0:23:57The project is located on interstate 80. Between route 4 and the carquine is bridge it's a total of about 3 and a half miles in length.

0:24:07Next slide.

0:24:12So the existing pavement on I 80 is showing signs of distress and as you've probably ridden it.

0:24:19It's very bumpy and it's starting to deteriorate. So we are that's the reason for our project.

0:24:27Next slide. So our purpose is to extend the service life of the payment and to enhance highway safety.

0:24:38Next slide. The scope for the project is, that we're trying to construct 26 lane miles of pavement resurfacing and restoration.

0:24:48Which includes, full lane replacement on the majority of the freeway. It'll be on the freeway main line as well as the ramps.

0:24:57There's also electrical drainage and signing work. It includes upgrading the curve ramps at the round term and I to the ADA compliant.

0:25:06Oh, the construction capital cost is 50 million and it's funded out of the state highway operations and protection program known as the shop.

0:25:15As well as with sp one funding.

0:25:19Thanks, and so I'm gonna turn it over at this point to Andrew Baskerville from our construction group to explain more about the closures and the construction group to explain more about the closures and the construction going on.

0:25:28Thanks, Ron. Good evening, everyone. As you can see from this slide, we have full weekend closures planned.

0:25:34The first one is this Friday, July 20 first at 9 pm until Monday at 5 am.

0:25:40We will be conducting 3 eastbound closures. Over, 3 weekends every 2 weeks, starting this weekend.

0:25:50Typically running from 9 pm until 5 am we do hope to open early before the Monday at 5 am, but that is, our target end date.

0:26:00On the westbound closure we are planning to do that over labor day weekend starting on August 30 first which is a Thursday at 9 pm and continuing until Tuesday morning at 5 am the eastbound walk in the westbound walker roughly the same scopes of work in terms of the quantity of concrete that we're

0:26:19replacing However, due to the longer hours or walk hours that we have over the Labor Day weekend, we'll be able to get all of that work done.

0:26:28In just the one weekend closure. Next slide please.

0:26:35So we will be building continuously reinforced concrete pavement in lanes number 2 and 3.

0:26:36Of eastbound and westbound 80 over those full weekend closures. The pictures you see to the right were actually taken from state route 2 42 in concrete cal.

0:26:52That was the last operation I was involved with, with building the CRCP.

0:26:57And you can see there, it's very equipment and labor intensive operation. We demolish the existing roadway.

0:27:05Are we prepped the base, we pave asphalt. As a sub base to the concrete.

0:27:11And then we install reinforcing steel and then pour and cure the concrete pavement. With all of the equipment and the labor that we will have on site as well as the countenance staff.

0:27:23We really cannot afford to have traffic adjacent to us during all of these operations. And so for the safety of our crews and the safety of the traveling public, we will need to do a full closure.

0:27:35Of eastbound and westbound 80. We are only closing one direction per weekend. As I showed in the last slide.

0:27:43This does have the benefit of be allowing us to perform weeks worth of overnight work in each weekend.

0:27:50Next slide please.

0:27:54So the picture on the right shows the finished product. You will note that there are no transverse joints across that.

0:28:00So, you will not feel the regular bump that we usually feel or the noise that you hear from the tires.

0:28:07Hitting those joints in the concrete pavements. Azerono joins in CRCP.

0:28:12So as soon as we're done on each Monday morning drivers should notes a significantly improved right quality due to the and then we expect that right quality to last for decades into the future.

0:28:26As again the lack of joints means that that concrete is less likely to crack settle. And wrong. We are condensing.

0:28:35The project duration. We was supposed to finish in late summer, 2024. But with the consolidation of walk into full weekend closures, we were actually able to reduce over a hundred 20 nights worth of overnight closures.

0:28:50Into those full weekends. Next slide. Oh, at this point I'll pass it back to Ron to talk about the traffic management plan.

0:29:00Okay, thanks Andrew. To address the traffic impacts as a result of the full freeway closures.

0:29:07We have developed an extensive traffic management plan. Consisting of 3 parts. Regional a deployment of changeable message signs, detours and an extensive outreach effort.

0:29:21Next slide. So the detours that we have planned, if you look on the right here, we wanna focus on the blue, which is the eastbound, detour.

0:29:33So we will be closing, I 80 between route 4 and coming Skyway.

0:29:39And in general to keep, we wanna get traffic away from 80 as much as possible and as early as possible to reduce the congestion on the detour.

0:29:48So, as far down as the South Bay will be detouring or advising. Traffic to a detour to the east.

0:29:56For travelers headed to Sacramento and further east such as Tahoe. They would be advised to continue on, highway 4 and 5 80 and then take I 5 all the way up to Sacramento, which will completely bypass the congestion as well as reduce the congestion for those

0:30:14that remain in that go to the detour. But little bit closer to the Bay Area.

0:30:20For those that are going to say fair field and in between Sacramento, those traffic would, take 6 80 up.

0:30:25So they would continue on 6 80. Cross the Veneta Martinez Bridge.

0:30:33And continue to fair field and head further east in that direction.

0:30:40Next slide. And, for those that, didn't get the message or, are local and couldn't take those earlier detours.

0:30:51Once they encounter the closed I 80. They would be detoured onto highway 4 where they will head east and then travel up northbound 6 80 where they can continue on 6 80 to cordelia and heading to fair field or if they need to go to the Vile area, they would take 7 80 back

0:31:13to interstate 80. We will be having the coming Skyway will be used as a detour.

0:31:20So traffic, can take coming Skyway. Towards I 80 and can get on the on ramp and cross over the cartinas bridge heading continuing east on I 80.

0:31:35Next slide.

0:31:38So for the westbound direction, which will again, we will be closing only one time over the Labor Day weekend.

0:31:46The major regional detour is again traffic from the Tahoe area and to the east of Sacramento.

0:31:53They would be advised to travel south and i 5 to avoid the area completely and head back to the Bay Area on routes 4 and 5 80.

0:32:06Next one.

0:32:10And a little closer to the. For those again that were too close and couldn't take the major regional detours.

0:32:20From I 80 they would Hit the closure at 7 80 and get we're closing.

0:32:27The westbound direction from 7 80 including the Carquinez Bridge and the westbound and then all the way to.

0:32:29Route 4. So those what those traffic will be heading east on 7 80 a south on 6 80 and then route back to, Highway 4.

0:32:44I did miss it on the previous slide, but But for those travelers from between Sacramento and the Fairfield Cordelia area, thank you.

0:32:54They will be heading. To avoid the 80 area they could they'll be detoured onto southbound 6 80 instead so they can bypass the SIP 7 80 detour.

0:33:05They'll just take from 80, they'll go on cell phone 6 80 and then back to highway 4.

0:33:13Okay, thank you. And as part of our messaging, we'll be deploying the changeable message signs.

0:33:21The portable change will message sign an example is shown on the left which we call a PCM and the fix change will message sign is shown on the upper right.

0:33:30Which is the CM we started these messages. 2 Fridays ago. For this upcoming Friday closure 2 weeks in advance informing the public that eastbound 80 near the Carquinas Bridge will be closed and, and the dates and times of the closure.

0:33:50And then, during the closure, they'll be switched. The messaging will be switched to detours.

0:33:56So they'll they'll advise, traffic, where to go on the detour.

0:34:02Next slide.

0:34:06So for the eastbound closure, these are gonna be the locations of where we post the change of message signs, the portable and the fixed change will message signs.

0:34:16That inform the public of the closures and the detours. Once the closures are in place.

0:34:24And that was the eastbound direction and then these are the locations of the changeable message signs for the westbound direction.

0:34:34Alright, and at this point I'm gonna turn it over to Barton to talk about our outreach effort.

0:34:39All right, thanks Ron and this is exciting because we are here. It's the the weekend that we're gonna be doing our first exposure.

0:34:44I like to shout out Eric Aguilar who has been a key in helping us do these city council meetings and and sort of regional transportation authority.

0:34:54That's been a big part of our outreach is talking to teams like yours, getting them ready for this, getting them ready for this.

0:35:04And, and, every city that we've gone to so far as, getting them ready for this.

0:35:08And, and, every city that we've gone to so far has agreed to so far has agreed to help us out with our social media push more than that.

0:35:14Get people to use the detours or change their plan so they can stay out of the area and we're looking to reduce traffic by about 40%.

0:35:19So we can be successful with us and not have a lot of backups. We're also working with local TV stations radio and media.

0:35:30They'll be doing stories throughout the weekend and we'll be updating on on how the work is going.

0:35:36We have done a media buy. So we have a number of ads out there. In traditional media and also on social media, some platform advertisements using geo targeting for folks that are actually drive the route they will get ads related into the closure so that they know it's common.

0:35:49We created a specific Caltrans website. You'll see a second CCD page where folks can go to get all of the background information and know what we're what's going on with the with the closures and the work related to it.

0:36:06And, with social media, our key platforms at Caltrans in the Bay Area.

0:36:10Our our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Around with Tik Tok, but not yet. And, again, it's been great for the other cities and, and agencies to join us and help push our message out there to let people know.

0:36:25That the detours are coming. And then of course press releases and traffic advisories are standard fare for, for closures like this.

0:36:34Next slide, please. So here is where you can go for the for the web page. It's CCA and paved.com.

0:36:41All the information is there. We also have a hotline number. 51028603190ur public information officers will be monitoring that if people have questions or comments they can leave them there and then we can get back to them And final slide.

0:37:01So I I'm Barton A, the, the office chief of public affairs. I'll be the spokesperson for the for the first first closure.

0:37:09Joining me will be Vince Chicawa and Pedro Quintana. We are the public information officers for Caltrans related to this effort.

0:37:17And and that's basically our our outreach campaign for the closure.

0:37:23Would be thank you for our present. And we'd be happy to take any questions that you may have.

0:37:29Thank you very much. Are there any comments or questions from counseling members? Councilmember, Mayor Pro-chem.

0:37:40I have a question about some of the outreach that's been going on to the local transit agencies, specifically the bus services from Solano County and Napa County, which bring passengers to Elsorido, Del Norte.

0:37:55Making sure that the most vulnerable folks who are using transportation to make it to the BART system. Are still able to take.

0:38:04Transportation to the BART system.

0:38:07Yeah, you know what? Thank you for, asking that question because another thing that, that we've done is we've created a About 20,000 flyers.

0:38:21Bye.

0:38:22Some of them have gone out as mailers to some of the local communities. That are close to where this closure is and they're going to those local transit authorities so that they can be placed on buses and people may get the information.

0:38:29So that's another way that we're doing the

0:38:31Excellent. Do we, what do we know if these agencies are accommodating their bus schedules to be able to still continue service to Elsorido Del Norte.

0:38:42Well, we've given them the information. So they know what the, what the potential impacts are.

0:38:48I'm not sure if they've changed their routes at all.

0:38:51Alright, thank you. Sounds Member for Delling. Yeah, thank you. This is the second or third presentation.

0:38:54So your outreach efforts are your promises is happening. At Wiktack which you also gave a presentation one of the questions that arose was about the holiday you chose to close up and there was some concern about would that be problematic and you mentioned that's probably the best.

0:39:19The best time. Can you repeat that for our audience?

0:39:24Oh, you mean the labor.

0:39:26The Labor Day weekend where some members had some concerns and you said that has been shown to be a low traffic weekend.

0:39:36Okay.

0:39:37Okay, well maybe I can go first wrong and then if you want you or add we wanna back me up on it.

0:39:39But throughout the region Labor Day has been one of the better times to do closures like this.

0:39:48Our traffic counts actually go down because people actually get out of the area and go take their vacation. So give us an opportunity.

0:39:50Kind of an extra bump in the reduction in traffic. This began with the Bay Bridge project.

0:40:01We completely rebuilt the Bay Bridge and did some of our most challenging construction efforts on Labor Day weekend because the amount of traffic in the region goes down.

0:40:08So that's one of the reasons why we chose it.

0:40:14Good, thank you. And I'm assuming with your outreach you mentioned at a previous meeting that you have gotten contact with Google Maps.

0:40:23As well so that when people do check there directions it will show up on there. Your phone.

0:40:30That's right. And, and Caltrans puts out there are information through Quickmap, which Google uses.

0:40:34So we should be doubling kind of.

0:40:36Okay, great. And what's exciting about this is you say it's about usually it's 2 or 3 years that it takes to repay and this will be 4 decades.

0:40:45You had mentioned that that may be is how long before the next pavement after this with issues with climate change.

0:40:53Will the new pavement be better for the heat that we're experiencing as well or do you know that?

0:41:01And that's an interesting question. I mean, the concrete pavement is lighter in color than the asphalt.

0:41:07So in terms of, absorbing the heat and creating a heat island effect. I think it's, less.

0:41:14But that's not really my area of expertise.

0:41:17Well, my children will ultimately see in 4 decades maybe by now. Great, thank you. Councillor MICHAEL.

0:41:26Thank you. You know, I'm also concerned about the type of pavement that's putting that's being put there with the future pavement that's putting that's being put there with the future of EVs and EV trucks, the vehicles are going to be so much heavier like what we're seeing

0:41:43now. Is that gonna go going to hold up longer because of the new materials that you're looking at or instead of 40, we're going to see 20 years instead.

0:42:11I'll take that. So the concrete pavement specifically the CRCP pavement that we showed you the pictures of.

0:42:19That does have a 40 year design life. And so we expect lanes 2 and 3 to be in very good condition for decades to come.

0:42:28Lanes one and 4 we're doing some individual slab replacements. Those were in your sections and the, number one lane typically sees lower.

0:42:39Traffic volumes of lower traffic weights And so it tends to have a slightly longer life. We'll see how long, lanes one and 4 last up, but we do hope that it's many years before we come back to.

0:42:53To address those. In terms of the asphalt paving that's south of Highway 4.

0:42:59We do have another job. Already in the works you've probably seen the carol installed along the medium and we are installing an upgraded median barrier with lighting throughout the corridor.

0:43:13At the end of that project, late next year, we will be resurfacing.

0:43:18The top layer of asphalt throughout that corridor. And then just one note about that.

0:43:24I mean, the top layer of asphalt. Is, is our wearing course and we expect that talk layer to wear out.

0:43:33You know, every so often and that we would need to come in and replace just that top layer.

0:43:34Typically a tenth of a foot or, you know, 15 hundredths. And so it's just a thin top layer of asphalt that gets replaced on a regular basis.

0:43:45The structure of the roadway is still sound, but that top wearing course does wear out.

0:43:55Thank you.

0:43:56I did wanna just add that back to the concrete, the, the design of the pavement is based on large trucks.

0:44:04So it should accommodate you know more heavier passenger cars without any problem

0:44:15Oh.

0:44:16Fingers crossed because the Evie heavy-duty trucks are not being yeah I'm concerned about that, which will practically double the weight.

0:44:22And, you know, with our SP one dollars, I just want to make sure that we have that we're prepared for that because having seeing the 80 redone time and time again in Alameda County and looking at and time again in Alameda County and looking at Contra Casa County, West County on the 80.

0:44:43I take that all the time and we have the worst traffic period here and and to drive through the ruts.

0:44:50And, and there's a lot of them going through from Richmond all the way to the floor.

0:44:51So check the second lane from the right and you'll see a lot of it. You will feel it.

0:45:03And so it's very frustrating when when this has just been paved over and and redone just recently and to see the damage already it's it's pretty frustrating.

0:45:18No, thank you. Councilmember Weissinger, do you have any comments or questions?

0:45:25No, thank you, Mayor. I do not.

0:45:26I want to say thank you for this presentations. This is really. Important information to get out to our residents because this is going to impact them in lots of ways.

0:45:37I was wondering if you had any sort of social media collateral that you could provide to our city staff so that they can incorporate that into any announcements.

0:45:50Updates.

0:45:51We absolutely do. And if they, if they want to reach out to any one of the PIOs that are listed.

0:45:56Myself included there at the end. We can send it directly to them. Or they can just sort of retweet the stuff that we pull out.

0:46:06But we're happy to send you the materials.

0:46:10Great. Thank you so much.

0:46:16Thank you.

0:46:17Thank you. Thank you. Okay, so the next item. Yes.

0:46:25The consent calendar.

0:46:36No, I will read the titles of the items. Crime Prevention Committee Appointment of Brett Guest.

0:46:42Approve 3 year agreement between the city of Elsorido in Chaven and Associates LLP to perform required independent audits services for fiscal years, (202) 223-2324, and 2425.

0:46:59Agreement between the El Carito and West Coast City of El Salvador and West Coast Bending and Food Service Inc to provide food services to the El Surdo Police Department.

0:47:08Agreement with Motorola Solutions to upgrade Elsorida Police Department radios with encryption software, consulting services agreement between the city of Elstrado and Kittelson and Associate Scheme to provide transportation planning and engineering services for the local Amendment to agreement with Cox Automotive

0:47:30Mobility Fleet Services or Fleet Maintenance Services and Agreement with SSP data to provide dark trace detect and response security monitoring services.

0:47:41Are there any brief questions or requests by the council to pull items off the consent calendar? Councilmember.

0:47:51I'm supportive of but I have questions on 7 C 7 E and 7 G.

0:48:03I have a brief comment about 7 B and 7 G.

0:48:12Great. Are those all the questions any Any items to pull? Okay, seeing none. Why don't we go in alphabetical order online?

0:48:26Questions and comments starting with item B.

0:48:30One step. I don't have a question. I was sweet. Okay.

0:48:35I just wanted to reiterate to the public that cycling through and using a new independent auditor is a very important and healthy process, especially as we are now orienting towards a healthier economic condition for the city.

0:48:48It's really good that we're getting have fresh eyes and fresh auditing skills. Looking at as our financials.

0:48:57So I'm very supportive of this and I appreciate the work that staff did to complete an RFP to select a very strong vendor to do this service for us.

0:49:09Yeah. Item C. Thank you. So a couple questions for the police.

0:49:15On this.

0:49:26Good evening. So just a couple questions. In the analysis it does say that the free-ending service has had a positive impact on retention.

0:49:39And there's been no significant votes leaving since the voluntary, no voluntary resignations. Does it really have that much of an impact on the retention in Elsorida this service to give you an idea last year at this time we had 13 vacancies.

0:49:57And right now we have one. But the court you make the correlation between having snacks and detention.

0:50:04Yeah, and some of the other, new policies and procedures that we put into effect as well.

0:50:09I think it's all had a big difference. Okay. So a couple other things. Nothing in the information says what are the snacks? Nothing in the information says what are the snacks?

0:50:18What is it that you're getting? Are you getting revai steaks? What is it that you're getting?

0:50:20Are you getting ribeye steaks, what is it that you're getting? Are you getting ribeye steaks?

0:50:21I mean, what? And is it more, you know, for $75,000? Couldn't we go to Costco and get snacks and bring them back?

0:50:29For a cheaper price. I mean, what are you getting what is laid out there that we're providing our police department?

0:50:35But currently there are 2 machines. We'll call them in our break room. One is a vending machine where you can select a snack from the machine.

0:50:42The other is a refrigerator where we keep beverages. And the vending machine we have a variety of different snacks that are provided by the vendor.

0:50:50Some of them are healthy sacks. Some of them are not so healthy, but they're things that people ask for.

0:50:55I think for the healthy snacks we have things like various nuts, trails, mixes, serial bars.

0:51:01Baked chips, some whole wheat stuff. But then there's also things like some chocolates or other.

0:51:11Nutritious items. But the stuff that the officers and the staff would like. And then in the beverages, there's sultry water, there's tea, juice.

0:51:21Some Gatorade, there's also Some energy drinks, so basic vending services and food.

0:51:28Correct. Okay, thank you very much. Other questions or comments regarding item CI do have a follow up question.

0:51:40So it sounds like there's a mix of but they're all snacks. There's no is in that in the staff report you talked about having difficulty getting food late at night and things like that.

0:51:52No reason to just have sandwiches or things like a little bit more substantial in this bridge is and does this vendor provide.

0:52:01Other alternative foods. They stock it regularly. What are we paying for with this? 75,000 and how is it keeping everybody healthy and Happy.

0:52:13The Yellsville Police Department is open 24 HA day, 7 days a week. And we have staff, they're not just officers, but they're also records division.

0:52:21You know, you don't often get a break if you're. I'm working from various calls.

0:52:25You come back and you're working on a report. It's nice to have something available there for you to.

0:52:29Get a little something to eat. And, we have had some tuna fish and other items that have been put in there.

0:52:35What the vendor does is the vendor has numerous contracts with various businesses. They know what people like and what they don't like.

0:52:42He stocks things in there that people generally choose. So we don't, there's no, sandwiches like hot sandwiches or, anything similar to that.

0:52:52It is definitely snack based. And there's not very many options for meals at one or 20'clock in the morning, but at least you can get something that's.

0:53:01Healthier than, you know. Yeah, candy bar or something else that you might find late at night.

0:53:08So, it's not a full service, you know, vending machine, but it can give you some relief if you're working a lot.

0:53:16We also use it, if we have witnesses or victims that come to visit it gives us an opportunity to provide them something cold to drink or you know some kind of you know small piece of food to eat.

0:53:29It just kind of helps them keep, you know, keep moving on. I had some trail mix before I came here.

0:53:35Usually at the dinner table right now with the family. So. It is not a replacement for a meal.

0:53:39It's just something to help get you through. And if I may add, may you part of the front part of the funding goes toward the service so that the staff does not have to make a trip to Costco to make this themselves.

0:53:46It's fully stocked by a service that comes in and takes care of that for us and also want to know that this is not general fund funded.

0:53:58This is out of the asset. For your fund. Actually quick question. Is the vendor local and if not was there any consideration for local vendors?

0:54:08It was I I'd have to refer to the notes. I think it was 2 different vendors that we looked at, but this vendor was the only one that really got back.

0:54:12I believe they're out.

0:54:20It's as a closing note. I'm gonna use my mom voice and say that I hope that there are healthier snack alternatives.

0:54:27And that perhaps in the future they could be local businesses that could provide some of that food. For the police I'm sure there are many restaurants and businesses that would like to provide that.

0:54:40Thank you. Okay, item E.

0:54:45Consulting services agreement between the city of El Sorida and Pittleson and Associates. Yes, thank you.

0:54:51You know, often our consent calendar is useful to move legislation along, but sometimes there's some programs that the public and the council would like to hear a little bit more about.

0:55:03So I'd love to hear it about our local road safety plan. And not in great detail, but just a little update on that.

0:55:19This is actually my first time here. So, but I'm Jarrett. Oh, I'm Jarrett.

0:55:26A city's a stable transportation program manager. I was looking for a button to press, but I guess I don't have to do that.

0:55:31But to answer your question, the local road safety plan is a comprehensive inventory and analysis of crash records.

0:55:44Over the last 5 years on all city roads. So focused on everything in the city here, except for the freeway, because that's really a different animal.

0:55:55And what we're going to do or what our consultant is going to do with our guidance.

0:56:01Is analyze all of those crash records. And develop crash patterns or develop an understanding of what the crash patterns are which some examples are maybe time of day location.

0:56:16Victims, causes, things like that. And then the next step would be to identify potential countermeasures or what can we do to reduce the likelihood of responding to these patterns.

0:56:36So be about a 12 month process. Give or take, depending on, just where things land with the holiday.

0:56:45And our outreach. So that's really the. The core element of it.

0:56:54Thank you. Can will there be information that can be used in our complete streets effort? In time for that or have we already made decisions about.

0:57:02The whole complete streets after how things are gonna change. I'd say the probably not. But I can say that the, design for the Delano or Take Complete Strease projects really incorporates a lot of best practices for for bike and pedestrian facility design.

0:57:22And we're responding to I know we're responding to a location where there was unfortunately fatality, I believe several years ago at Wall Avenue and San Pablo Avenue that we will be installing a new traffic control device there that has a strong track record in addressing the type of

0:57:44Right, I just wanna say this is great news. A lot of the transportation agencies in the Bay Area, the primary goal is safety.

0:57:55So this is a good addition to our city. And I was very pleased to see that it has an equity component.

0:58:03Of our agenda, Bill had a equity consideration, we could say that there's an equity component to this survey.

0:58:09So thank you very much. Thank you. I have 3 quick questions and welcome to the lectern.

0:58:18First one you said that it was city roads. Does that also include San Pablo Avenue?

0:58:25Yes, it does, even though it's Caltrans. And I will add to that, we recognize that that's probably one of the most challenging roads, but also Probably one of the roads with the greatest need for safety interventions.

0:58:40So part of the scope is to actually develop a process with Caltrans to improve project implementation along the stretch of Caltrans controlled road. Thank you.

0:58:53I hope that helps in some of the accountability with the Cal Trans folks. I hope that they're still watching, but who knows.

0:58:59Second one, question about the scope. So it's vehicle accidents, pedestrian. Accidents as well as bicycle.

0:59:07So it's kind of those 3. It's all nodes. All the different modes.

0:59:13Thank you. Transportation is not my policy wheelhouse, so I appreciate any bones you can throw my way.

0:59:17And then the third one for this local road safety plan LRSP is that a state mandate for us to do any sort of compliance or is this something that's just good to do because it's good to have?

0:59:29It's a little of both. But to speak on the regulatory side, road safety is really an increasing concern on both state and national levels.

0:59:40There's about 40,000 people nationally that die on American roads and it's been stubbornly high for the last 10 years.

0:59:48While other nations have successfully reduced. Road fatalities on a per capita basis so long story short is they are they are making road safety plans a condition of grant funding in a lot of cases.

1:00:03So this keeps us eligible for state and federal grants. And then the side note is a fourth question that popped in my head.

1:00:12Is there any when there's accidents involved that are, gig cars, so Uber's lifts.

1:00:19I know that that has increased. It was all on something to hear about fatalities or accidents that happen.

1:00:25It's oftentimes gig workers who are overworked, tired, on the road a lot don't necessarily know the local roads the same way.

1:00:34Is that being factored in and then that could there be any analysis in this related to gig cars? Potentially, that's, something I hadn't thought of, but I think that's something I could look at with our consultant.

1:00:53Thank you. Item G. Yeah. Both have questions. Let me go first.

1:01:00I'm an easy one. Eric, thank you for this. Yeah, you're doing handling lots of different things here lately.

1:01:04So. Good analysis. The one thing that I saw, I mean it's it's a Heavy price tag, but that obviously a necessary.

1:01:19Service that we need to pay for. Why is there a difference? You ask for 380.

1:01:28$1,000 and the invoice says 332,000. Is there something I'm missing on there?

1:01:38That's the number that we have to work on to say this is how much will cost over 4 years but due to the discounts and trying to get us the best deal and using the multi year deal we were able to lower the cost in totality.

1:01:56Lower which one the 3 80 or the 3 32 from 3 80 to 3 32 So the analysis should say it's 3 32.

1:02:06In the first paragraph. The action proposed. Yes. The action proposals are I think the language is not to exceed 3 80.

1:02:18So you just added some money in there. Okay, good answer. So I had asked question to the city manager around when we were presented with the initial agenda that we weren't.

1:02:34Given any of the security elements related to the company because again I'm incredibly supportive of this especially given what has happened with local government being a real target.

1:02:45And even our own network was compromised by this, which thank you again, and even our own network was compromised by this, which thank you again so much for your hard work on that because I know what kind of lift that is. So thank you.

1:02:56My concern was, or initially was, again, it's not about the vendor itself, but us not knowing, data privacy considerations for an AI tool that's being used on our network.

1:03:12I wanted to make sure that there was security considerations of that within the agreement. It was made really clear that, our data would not be, just run our data to be protected by our data would not be a part of some of the deeper machine learnings that happen within a lot of these companies.

1:03:41I have one question about this contract. I know that it's for 4 years. Can you explain why it's better to have 4 years rather than you know consider a new vendor to have 4 years rather than you know consider a new vendor every year as things change.

1:03:55Mayor, the reason behind it first is that the price, for discount they try to offer you more discount if you are to a longer term and at the same time it's advantageous to the city in the sense that if that's ramp up and RAM down on the deployment I think any new technology will always continuously

1:04:17evaluating the technology of and security energy to see who is the leading, which was the best fit for us.

1:04:23So, instead of year by year where we, No, get one set up and 9 months in we're already working on trying to go to a new one.

1:04:34So just give us a little more room to get the system settled, make sure it because it's a little complex, it need to be trained and need to be configured.

1:04:43So it gave us time to get it mature and then, watch its efficacy while we, you know, keep an eye out on the industry what direction they're taking and what the bad actor is heading toward.

1:04:55So that's why the having a multi year it's a little more advantageous to the city.

1:05:01Thank you.

1:05:05I mean, any further question? Okay, oh yeah, sounds good. Kind of question for you, but just a general staff question on the.

1:05:17Consent calendar this time and maybe Maybe I'm reading this wrong, but a lot of the items I notice.

1:05:23The council was asked for a to take action. Yet everything said it was already in the budget.

1:05:29The money was already in there in the budget. Can you explain that process because shouldn't we be getting this stuff first and then these things be put in the budget?

1:05:39We put the funding in the budget for these contracts that we anticipate to bring to you, but we don't have the authority to execute a contract until it's approved by the City Council.

1:05:49Anything over my spending authority of $45,000 for any one vendor in a fiscal year comes to the City Council for approval.

1:05:56So that's why we come and we bring these contracts to you each time so that we have the authority to execute the contract.

1:06:03By putting the money in first and anticipating is ongoing for the ongoing budget items like these or some of these that we anticipate will cover more than one fiscal year.

1:06:09That's what we have intended with the ongoing budget funding that we presented to you. During the budget process.

1:06:17The council found an issue with one of these things where there was money already in the budget. We could move to take that money out of the budget.

1:06:27If you don't approve me executing the contract, then I can't do that. So that would affect effectively not allow the contract to move forward.

1:06:28So that would effectively not allow the contract to move forward. Even if the funding is available, then I can't do that. So that would effectively not allow the contract to move forward.

1:06:41Even if the funding is available, money would come out of the budget. No, money wouldn't come out of the budget would just stay in the budget.

1:06:42But it could be spent through this. Right. In contrast, if we are asking for something above and beyond what we have put in the budget.

1:06:59I would move the consent calendar. Okay, I have a motion from council member Fideli. Is there a second second from council member?

1:07:11Hi.

1:07:12All those in favor say aye. Because council member Weissener is, not a present.

1:07:13We do a roll call vote. Thank you city attorney. We will do a roll call. Mayor Motayama.

1:07:24Aye. Mayor Pro T. Have some. Councilmember Kinto, Councilmember Weissinker.

1:07:33Aye.

1:07:35Motion carries. Thank you. The next item is a public hearing for fire hazard abatement.

1:07:45Are there any questions from the council?

1:07:53Okay. So. I need a motion to approve. The resolution declaring identified properties.

1:08:05Before the public hearing is opened. Do I have? There is a presentation. Okay, thank you.

1:08:13I'm sorry. Captain Crumpacker should be online to go through the Okay, I'm sorry.

1:08:22Thank you. Look forward to the staff reports.

1:08:27They're getting promoted on Zoom.

1:08:33Okay.

1:08:34Hello, can everybody hear me? Fire Prevention Officer, Travis Grobe Hacker.

1:08:39Yeah.

1:08:40Okay. Good evening everyone. My name is Captain, Travis Kripacker.

1:08:46I've been with the department for about 19 years now for those who don't know me. I've been currently in the fire prevention office.

1:08:51Since January working with our fire marshal, Chief Beckman. We have started our weed abayment process this summer.

1:09:02We have driven all the very high fire hazard zones. We wrote up approximately 100 violations.

1:09:09We've sent out the letters to all the property owners. We've given them their 30 days to perform the work.

1:09:16We are here now as the fire department. Requested to move forward. With the legal abatement process on the properties that have that are listed on exhibit A that you have in front of you.

1:09:28That have not met these requirements. We're requesting to please move forward with the amendment process.

1:09:34If there's any follow-up questions of cheap bit, cheap equipment will be taking those questions for you tonight.

1:09:37Okay.

1:09:38Thank you.

1:09:42Thank you.

1:09:47Okay.

1:09:48So are there any questions?

1:09:54Madam. Council member. Thank you. This is one of, I believe, Escreen was most important programs.

1:10:01Not an easy program, but we appreciate the effort that the fire department and building relationships with all the neighborhoods in our city.

1:10:09So thank you very much for that. One of the properties that I see that it's not on the list is.

1:10:17Okay.

1:10:18Year and it's a problematic corner on Arlington 1101 Arlington I know the city has been working on that project and with that the the owners of the property and I've gotten lots of inquiries from neighbors around me about what's the status can give an update on that.

1:10:32Sure. This morning, Fire Marshal Becker and I went out property. Inspected ourselves.

1:10:38Captain Crumpacker was in contact with the property owner, earlier this month.

1:10:44And had a conversation about how we need a little additional time to get to work on it. This morning far more spec when I went out and inspected it came up with a phase.

1:10:53Approach for the owner. And tomorrow morning we'll be in communication with him. To let him know what our recommendation is to approach that.

1:11:02Yeah.

1:11:03Lot in phases to make it realistic. It's almost 2 acres. I believe it's about acre and a half to the large property with a lot of Okay, thank you very much for that.

1:11:13We saw what happened during the storms and the power outages and neighbors are concerned. I appreciate the effort the city is putting there.

1:11:20Thank you very much.

1:11:25Any other questions? Council member Weissing or I just want to make sure I don't leave you out in questions.

1:11:31Okay.

1:11:32Any questions?

1:11:34So. Do I have a motion to approve the resolution declaring identified properties with revised exhibit A? So moved.

1:11:46Okay, I have a motion from Mayor Pro-tem Rudnik and a second from Councilmember Fideli.

1:11:53Please call the. Mayor Protein Rodnick, I am. Councilmember Fideli.

1:12:04Hi.

1:12:13Okay.

1:12:14Aye. Councilmember, Council member Weissinger. Motion carries. The public hearing is now open in person requests to speak can submit a Speaker Kard, the city clerk and remote speakers can use the raised hand feature to request to speak.

1:12:20Please remember to identify yourself and your city of residents at the beginning of your comments. Madam, Assistant City Manager, please proceed.

1:12:30Thank you, Madam Mayor. We have no requests to speak in person or online. Okay. Question to close the public hearing.

1:12:41Okay, I have a motion. I can do in a second motion by Councilmember Kinto second by Mayor Pro-tem Budnick.

1:12:49Can you please call roll call vote? Maram Modiyama. Aye. Mayor Pro T.

1:12:55Hi, Councilmember Fideli. Aye. Councilmember Kento.

1:13:01Hi.

1:13:02Motion carried. Okay, any further comments from council members? I'm looking at. And, yeah, compared to just a few years ago, when we had, So many, folks that were cited and just to see, yeah, just a few that we have now with, congratulate our residents who know the importance

1:13:31of being in a firefighter who know the importance of being in a fire danger area. So appreciate the firesafe group who have been instrumental in a fire danger area.

1:13:39So appreciate the Fire Danger area. So appreciate the fireside group who have been instrumental in making sure that the neighbors do what they are supposed to do.

1:13:49The list here and where the streets are. I don't see anyone on the north side where I live so I'm gonna congratulate my neighbours on the north side.

1:13:58Well done.

1:14:01Any other comments from council members?

1:14:05Thank you to our residents for keeping up with their Fire safety and our fire staff. Making sure that everything is as safe as it can be.

1:14:18So do I have a motion to approve? The resolution overriding objections to moved. Hi. Hey, a motion from Mayor Pro Tam Rudnik and a second from Councilmember Pedelli.

1:14:31Please call the roll call vote. Mayor Cotton Redneck. I Councilmember Fideli. All right.

1:14:42Hi.

1:14:43Councilmember, Councilmember Weissinger. Motion curacy. Thank you.

1:14:48The next item is City Council, local and regional liaison assignments. Are there any council reports?

1:14:56Mayor, pretend, on the thirteenth recycle more had a meeting for which we, heard Options from staff for edible food recovery grants for nonprofits.

1:15:09And it's a program that we are currently working through and then hopefully by the next meeting that we're meeting we'll be able to publish and put out.

1:15:18For those who don't know, 1,383, one, which is the organics, the mandating of organics.

1:15:25One of the elements is recovery, recovered edible food and that 20% of food that so for example if you take a bite of a sandwich it is no longer considered recoverable and edible food, but if Safeway has packaged sandwiches that they do not sell by an expiration date, but it is still.

1:15:44Edible. As far as health standard. So it's it's one of those weird things around and that's one of the discussions we had was an expiration date versus when as a sandwich truly no longer edible.

1:15:54So. With edible food recovery as long as we are. Complying with local health codes, it's ways that we can help nonprofits do that food distribution better.

1:16:08So it's very exciting that we Cycle Moore is taking this on and creating this grants programs so that these organizations are able to either support the transportation efforts which is one of the biggest challenges as well as refrigeration.

1:16:22Another challenge a lot of these organizations face. Yeah. I just want to say yesterday I was at Trader Joe's and they were packing boxes and boxes of food into a community food service truck and I went right on.

1:16:30So yeah, this is great news. And so with all of that, a part of the mandated reporting is that we do need to be able to collect that data.

1:16:43So I'm Abbey and Associate is the consultant that's been working with Recycle More to make sure that we can get better metrics and make sure that there's been a lot of unofficial relationships of oh, Trader Joe's gives their food to this senior center and then seniors who are there

1:16:58can pick up whatever the food is, but now we need to be able to measure that so that we need to be able to measure that so that track it so that we can make sure that at least 20% of edible food is indeed recovered from the waste stream and used.

1:17:08And then also I attended the July fourth festival. I didn't call it out at the top of the meeting but It was a fantastic event.

1:17:20Stop by I think every single booth and I'm really just It's El Sorito's living room.

1:17:29I always say that. It really feels like it's just this big living room that we all get to see each other and hear what everyone is up to.

1:17:32And thank you to everyone who made it happen, especially sponsors.

1:17:40Councilmember Fenton. Thank you, Mayor. Yeah, as a leads to the crime prevention committee.

1:17:46I want to welcome Brett Guest who is now a member and look forward to seeing all of our residents in the beginning of August for National Night Out and I look forward to driving around with in all of our neighborhoods to discuss public safety and the things that we are doing in Elsorida.

1:18:05And, you know, as one of the things that I'd like to do with the Link of California cities.

1:18:10You are seeing a lot of things that are assembly members are not refused to work on like fentanyl addiction and wiping out the fentanyl dealers.

1:18:21They refuse to work on this. So I'm here to work with public safety up and down the state and make sure that, you know, our legislators in California and Sacramento listen to what cities are doing because we're on the front line and the system is broken and they're making it worse.

1:18:37So look forward to making sure that we hear our residents and look forward to making sure that we hear our residents and look forward to.

1:18:51Also, I wanted to mention the Fourth of July and to see so many new families that have moved here.

1:18:57I haven't seen so many kids since I was a kid growing up here. So to see that new generation of homeowners here.

1:19:05So to see that new generation of homeowners here, they move here. So to see that new generation of homeowners here, they move here because of the importance of public safety and we move here because of the importance of public safety and our schools and our parks.

1:19:12So, but we're here to deliver and we're always going to be mindful of the importance of public safety and our schools and our parks.

1:19:33So, but we're here to deliver and we're always going to be mindful of the importance

1:19:39Okay, the, member Weissinger. Do you have any announcements?

1:19:43No announcements. Thank you, Mayor.

1:19:45Okay, I just have a few on June the 20 eighth the 10 of the West County women's leaders lunch I also attended the July fourth celebration.

1:19:52On July the sixth I attended the Contra Costa Mears Conference a meeting and we received a presentation on the Bay Area Housing Finance Agency and a potential housing bond that will cover the Bay Area.

1:20:08On July fifteenth I attended the Sakharokai Ppieth Anniversary Celebration at the community center.

1:20:17And also that same day I attended the Robinson Weeks Robinson scholarship program fundraiser for African American youth interested in pursuing careers in medicine and STEM fields.

1:20:28Hey. Hello.

1:20:32It is now 7 22 and we are adjourned. The next regularly scheduled city council meeting is Tuesday, August fifteenth, 2023 at 6 pm.

1:20:43Thank you.

1:20:44Thank you.